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Telehouse employees raise GBP £6,000 in London 10K run
Tue, 6th Aug 2024
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Employees from Telehouse raised GBP £6,000 for First Love Foundation and Leaders in Community by participating in the Saucony London 10K run, aiming to bolster vital support services in Tower Hamlets.
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Google.org invests major $1.5 million boost to enhance AI
Wed, 5th Jun 2024
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Google.org is investing another USD $1.5 million to boost AI capabilities for humanitarian and environmental nonprofits across the Asia-Pacific.
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Canon Oceania & The Smith Family charity launch partnership
Fri, 26th Jan 2024
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Canon Oceania aligns with The Smith Family charity for a Corporate Social Responsibility partnership, offering educational aid to disadvantaged Australian children, echoing Canon's Kyosei philosophy.
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Alibaba sets out to eradicate poverty in China through eCommerce
Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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Alibaba launches a CNY ¥10 billion fund to lift impoverished Jeminay County through eCommerce, enhancing agricultural sales and infrastructure development.
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NZ PM Key to outline social housing programme in first major speech of 2015
Wed, 28th Jan 2015
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will tomorrow outline his government's plans to overhaul social housing, including the sale of government-owned.
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NZ govt's social housing plans aim to alleviate poverty, PM Key says
Mon, 3rd Nov 2014
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The government's plan to increase the private provision of state-housing is part of a wider goal to alleviate the country's most vulnerable by putt.
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Run, Datacom, run
Sun, 1st Jun 2008
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Eight Auckland-based Datacom employees challenged the computer nerd stereotype in April when they participated in Oxfam’s Trailwalker event in Taupo.